-A block of mass m = 3.6 kg,moving on a frictionless surface with a speed vi = 9.3 m/s,makes a perfectly elastic collision with a block of mass M at rest.After the collision,the 3.6 kg block recoils with a speed of v_f = 2.7 m/s.In the figure,the speed of the block of mass M after the collision is closest to:

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In a perfectly elastic collision, both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved. Using these principles, the speed of the block of mass M can be calculated to be approximately 6.6 m/s.

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